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E. R. GUERRA. RBGISTBRING GATE.

No; 447,680. y Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

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E. R. GUERRA. RBGISTERING GATE.

Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

W/ TN E SSE S %1 ATT NEYS UNITED STATES PATENT @Finca ELIAS R. GUERRA,OF HACIENDA DE SAN MAT AS, JALISCO, MEXlCO.

REGlSTERlNG-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,680, dated March 3,1891.

Application led March 13, 1890. ,Serial No. 343,760. (No model.)

To LZZ 107mm it may concern.'

lle it known that I, ELIAS R. GUERRA, of Hacienda de San Matias,Jalisco, Republic of Mexico, a citizen of Mexico, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Registering-Gates, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedregistering-gate which when opened in one direction automaticallyregisters the number of persons passing, but can be opened in theopposite direction without registering.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of myimprovedregistering-gate, parts being in section. Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse sectional view of the same on the line .r m, Fig. l. Fig. 3is a plan view, parts being broken out. Fig. at is an enlarged detailsectional view showing the arrangement of the arms; and Fig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional view on the line g/ y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The standards A A are arranged at cach side of the gate-opening and arefixed at the top and bottom, and on each of said standards a number ofsleeves B are mounted to turn, from each of which sleeves B a iixed armC projects toward the opposite standard and an arm C at right angles tothe arm C. From each sleeve B a stud D projects through a segmental slotE in the standard and carries on its inner end a pulley F, against whicha wire rope or cable G rests. Said wire rope or cable is guided aboveand below the pulley F between two pulleys Il, mounted on fixed pins inthe tubular standard. A powerful spring J is secured in the tubularstandard and rests against the pulleyFat the side opposite the oneresting against the pulley ll and brings said pulley in contact with thecable. The lower end of the wire rope or cable G passes under a pulley Ksome dist-ance below one of the standards, and then passes over a pulleyL midway between the stand ards and below the iioor, and is then securedto a wedge-shaped piece M, mounted to slide in a track O, which wedge isdrawn in the direction of the arrow 9o', Fig. 3, by a spring N, securedto said wedge and to some fixed object.

A platform Q, which is pivoted at Q under the fixed platform R, isprovided with a downwardly-projecting lug R', having a roller R2, thatrests on the top of the wedgeshaped slide M. An arm S ot' the hingedplatform Q is connected with a pull-rod T, passing up through thecorresponding tubular standard A and connected at its upper end with thecounting mechanism lV, of any approved form, shape, or construction.

The operation is as follows: The wedgeshaped slide M is normally in theposition shown in Fig. 2, and as the roller R2 on the lug R rests uponit it keeps the platform Q in horizontal position. A person moving inthe direction of the arrow y2, Fig. 3, and who wishes to pass the gatemust press the arms C in the direction of the arrow y', Figs. 3 and 5.Thereby the wire rope G is looped orbent by the pulley F between thepulleys ll, and as the upper end of the rope is fixed to the standardand such loop or bend is formed by each arm C it follows that the lowerpart of said wire rope G is pulled upward and the wedge-shaped slide Mis pulled in the inverse direction of the arrow 0;', thus permitting theplatform Q to swing downward under the action of the weight. of theperson stepping upon it. As the platform Q swings down, the rod T ispulled down, and thereby the counting mechanism XV is operated. As soonas the person has passed the gate and released the arms C the spring Ncontracts and pulls the wedge-shaped slide M in the direction of thearrowo, whereby the platform Q is raised and the arms C are swung in theinverse direction of the arrow y into their normal positions. ln somecases the gate is to register the persons passing in one direction onlyand not those in the other direction. If a person passes in the inversedirection and swings the arms from a normal position in the inversedirection of the arrows y', the wire rope G is not acted upon by thepulleys F, but remains in its normal condition, and the spring J isbrought in tension, and after the person has passed said spring J throwsthe arms C back into the normal position. Then the IOC wire rope G isnot pulled upward by the action of the pulleys F on said wire rope, thewedge-shaped slide M is not pulled in the inversedirection of the arrowx', but remains in the position shown in Fig. 2, and thus prevents theplatform Q from moving down under thegweight of the person upon it, andwhen said platform does not swing down the registering device is notoperated. .It thus follows that the gate will only register personspassing in one direction and not persons passing in the oppositedirection. Such gates can be used on ferry-entrances, public grounds,dac., where the same gate is to be used for entrance and exit, but it isonly desired to count the number of persons entering.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. In a gate, the combination, with two standards, of aseries of independently-swing ing arms on the same, a platform, aregistering device connected with said platform, and a connectionbetween the several arms and the platform, so as to permit said platformto descend when the arms are swung in one direction, substantially asset forth.

2. In a gate, the combination, with two standards, of a` series ofindependently-swinging arms on the same, a platform, a slide supportingsaid platform, a rope connected with the swinging arms and with saidslide, and a registering device connected with said platform,substantially as set forth.

3. In a gate, the combination, with 'two standards, of aserics ofindependently-swinging arms on the same, a platform, a slide below theplatform, a rope connecting the several arms with the slide, a springacting on said slide, and a registering device connected with saidplatform, substantially as set forth.

LI. In a gate, the combination, with two standards, of swinging arms onthe same, a vertically-swin ging platform, a wedge-shaped slide belowsaid platform and serving to support it in normal position, a ropeconnecting said slide with the arms, a spring acting on said slide, anda registering or counting device connected with said platform,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with two tubular standards, of. a series of-independently-swinging arms on the same, pulleys on thc inner ends ofthe arms, fixed pulleys in the standards above and below the pulleys onthe arms, a rope passing through the standards and having its upper endfixed, which rope passes between the fixed pulleys and the pulleys onthe arms7 a spring fixed to the standard and resting against the pulleyon the arm at a point opposite the point of contact between the pulleyand the rope, a platform,aslide below the platform connected with saidrope, and a registering device connected with the platform,substantially as set forth.

6. In a gate, the combination, with a standard, of al wire rope passedlongitudinally through said standard, a spring connected with said rope,a counting or registering mechanism connected with and operated by saidrope, and a series of arms mounted on the standard to swing on the sameand connected to act on said rope when they swing', substantially as setforth.

In testimony' that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ELIAS R. GUERRA.

iVitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, W. REIMHERR.

